Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-01-27
LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD, JANUARY 81 1887.

this month for $1,000, not paying any
thing down. He cut it up into lots,
priced to aggregate $50, coo, and sold
50, 900 worth of lots on Tuesday.
Work on the San Bernardino street
railroad is carried on vigorously The
rails are laid down close to L street al
ready, and the work done is solid and
substantial, the material being the very
best. A few days, and the San Ber.
rardino street railroad will shake hands
with the Motor road, at the Brewery
corner. We will thus have two street
railroads, just exactly where they will
be of the greatest benefit to the people.
Two or three more roads in other popu.
lous and growing quarters of the ci'y,
will soon give San Bernardino most con-
venient facilities for travel. Meanwhile,
90 on with the boom.
The tracklayipg on the San Bernar.
dino and Los Angeles railroad is pro.
ceeding vigorously. The ties are now in
place. away beyond the wash, and cut
ON the main branch. Several gangs of
men are engaged. The grading Of the
road is done to point quite distance
beyond Cucamonga. Two strong and
splendid bridges span Lytle creek. They
are models in construction, and are tim
bered on top, so that it train should
run off the rails, it cannot so over the
bridge. The substantial structure char
acteristic of the California Southern is
followe by the San Bernardino and Los
Angeles road. Solidity is evidently
aimed at, and attained, throughout the
whole work. Tracklaying will be car.
ried forward as rapidly as possible, and
the road hurried through to the sea, as
soon as men and money can do it.
MoNROVIA.
Another large business block has been
commenced, and will bs completed with
in forty days. The building is being
erected by Messrs. Johnson 4 Parker,
on Ivy avenue, opposite the Grand View
Hotel. Ground was broken this week
and the stone foundation commenced.
1t will be two stories high, hard finished,
and as attractive as any building in
town; the cost to be 50 500. 1t will
have a frontage OF A feet, by so feet
deep, and will contain two stores, with
hallway between leading upstairs. One
store will be used by the firm in the
grocery and hardware business. while
the other side will be fer rent. The
upper story will be finished off as offices
and suites of rooms. The new firm an
nounce that they will open out their
stock of fancy and staple groceries, and
ruary. Mr.. johnson comes well rec
commended from Rockford, ILL.,, while
Mr.. Parker halls from Los Angeles,
and is also well spoken of.
Messrs. Combs & Banning will com.
mence the erection in few days of
fine block on Myrtle avenue, opposite
the Monrovia Hotel. 1t will be 30x4O
feet, two stories high, and arranged
for two stores, one OF which will prob
ably be occupied by Mr.. Combs, and
the other for rent. This block will
greatly add to the appearance OF the
avenue.
Rev. J, B. Greenfield is having built
neat cottage of five rooms on Lime
avenue, to cost about $1,000.
A. Fell has about completed barn,
and will shortly build fine house the
corner Of White Oak and Primrose
avenue.
An addition of 2Ox22 feet will shortly
be added to the rear of Stewart & Per-
hams drug store, corner Ivy and Lemon
avenues.
The Baptist Church has lately been
combleted on Olive avenue at a cost of
about $4,000.
The Methodist Church on Olive ave-
nue. is being pushed rapidly. it is to cost
about $4,000.
John Thomas, of Los Angeles, will
soon commence a fine residence above
w. N. Monroe's elegant home near the
foothills.
A large planning mill is being erected
at the corner of Myrtle and Falling Leaf
avenues. The machinery has been pur.
chased and will be in running order in a
very short time.
There are three of the Nadeau cottages
now under construction and dozen
more are to be built.
Mr.. Mulfords cottage on Primrose
avenue has just been completed.
G. z. CuIver's fine new residence, cor
ner Myrtle and White Oak avenues, is
being pushed on rapidly. George K.
keyes is the contractor.
Mrs. Fletcher's cottage on Myrtle av.
enue will soon be completed.
A street railway is projected at Sierra
Madre, from the San Gabriel valley
depot to the mountains. Articles of
incorporation have been filed to that end.
PASADENA.
A number of gentlemen met the Libra.
ry Directors at the Carlton House on
Wednesday, evening to consult on the
hest method of obtaining the immedi-
ate subscription of ten thous and dollars
to secure the erection of the new libra.
ry building and to provide it libera ly
with books. While the rain limited
the number present, it was decided
that the work must go forward with.
out delay, and a beginning OF subscrip-
ton was made amounting to 81, 500.
1t is hoped that the whole amount will
be provided for through the liberality
of our citizens within a very short time.
The proposed building, to cost not less
than fifteen thousand dollars, will be
an ornament and attraction to our city.
The Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany is extending its line to Pasadena
and an office of the company will be
opened early next week. An office has
been temporarily secured in the Grand
Hotel Block in the room now occupied
by w. L. Clapp. The Wells, Fargo &
Co.'S. express office will be removed from
the r., A IL s. O. V r r denot IN tho
same office and both the telegraph and
express business will be under the man.
agement of an experienced operator who
has lorg been resident here. This is
movement that cannot fail to be appre.
ciated by the public and will. no doubt,
be the beginning of an extensive bust.
ness. The telegraph line is nearly COM
pleted to Raymond and the wire will
probably be in Pasadena Monday.
| The City Council has passed an ordi.